Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20

dlStrl DutIng Ott1ce Tor huSh cOuCy ana
points west The Hays and Larned
routes will be cut down to three trips a
week, and will leave this Office; the
Great Bend route will be discon tinued.
There is no change in the Ness City
route except that it will leave this place
and return. This change brings Wal
nut City twenty four hours nearer to
Missouri river points than before. =
Walnut City Gazette.
A charter was filed yesterday in the
secretary of states office for the Chicago
Fort Scott q Texas Railroad company.
The purpose Of the company is to
construct and operate standard gauge
road from Chicag 90 to FortScott enter
ing the.sfaie of Kansas in Bourbon
county, and running from Fort Scott
TO the Indian Territory, through the
counties Of Bourbon, Allen, Neosho,
Wilson, Elk, Cowley, Sumner. Har-
per, Barber and through the Indian
territory, territory of New Mexico sItl
Texas to the city Of El PasO. Capital
Stock S27 900, 600
! One night last week, at Mulvane,
nineteen mules were killed by the
burning of tent. A careless hand
had lefta lantern burning on the floor,
which was upset by the wind and bro
ken. The tent was soon in flames,
and the mules were so badly burned
about their heads that they were all
shot,
The objection made by the Topeka
papers to the special train" enterprise
is, that newspapers sent by especial"
VIII reach their destination. while the
newspapers trusted to the resular pos
tai trains will be ''carried by. as usu
al.
The Atchson Globe says: The erec-
ton of 800, 900 bank building and a
$25, 600 library building, together
with the paving of Commercial street
in the spring, viii help the Atchison
boom.
The d., NJ 81 A. railroad was COM
pleted t. the west line Of Chautauqua
county Tuesday night, December %.
and the bonds earned, The time
would have expired January 1.
There is talk of moving tht round
house of the A, I. q S. T. railroad
from Nickers9n. The Argosy claims
that it viii take 100000 to remove
it.
A proposition has been submitted
to the Garden City council to light
the city with electricity, but as yet
the prop osition has not been acccp pied.
The annual meeting of the Sheriff.
Cooperative association will convene
in Topeka the % inst. The meeting
will be one Of much Importance. .
The Fort Scott Monitor saws: More
coal has been brought into the city
during the past three days than at any
other time during the winter
Parson, Kas., is threatened with a.
water famine, as the underground
springs and streams are all drying up.
So says Springfield paper.
The total bondness indebtedness OF
Sedgwick county is S4S, 500, while the
total outstanding obligations of the
CITY OI ~ lCillId Is SOO,OOO.
By comparison with the weather in
Minnesota, Montana. Iowa and Hi
nois, the people Of Kansas would be
excusable Tor using fans.
The State Temperance Union will
hold a meeting on Jan. 18th at Tope-
ka to discuss the proposed changes in
the prohibitory law.
Frank Rawson, of Mt. Hope, Kan.
sas was one of the seriously injured
parties in the Titan, Ohio, collision
the other day.
The annual prize contest in essay
and Grafton occurs at the State Nor
NAL on Saturday evening at Emporia.
The Atchison paper says: The river
presents busy scene WITH its surface |
covered with ice cutters and teams.
'"mother superior" of Concor-
dia is in Winfield, with view to loca-
ting a site for Catholic academy.
The mail from the Emporia post
Office is said to be the best put up on
any western mail route.
Some one suggests that Butler and
Sedgewick would make very good
judicial district. !
The oratorical contest of the Pres
byterian college takes place Friday
at Emporia.
\ The houses at Leavenworth claim to
have done a good retail business dur
ing 1886.
The ice men of Sterling are reaping
harvest. The ice is thick and fine.